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• Reference: 2023/1250
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Members of the Manor Gardening Society have contacted me about the delay in resetting the lease for Pudding Mill allotments back to its original 38 years once development is completed, to give back the time allotment holders have lost on the site due to disruption from both the negotiation of the Section 106 agreement and the proposed works on and off site. Could you update me on this process and what is holding up progress?

• Reference: 2023/1251
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

In the February 2023 document, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Fixed Estate Charge Review, Submission to the Mayor, it is stated that the Fixed Estate Charge (FEC): “contributes towards the management of the parklands, footpaths, cycle ways, bridges, waterways and venues that make up Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park,” including the: “Provision of security and CCTV.” Residents in Chobham Manor pay the FEC because the area is within the Park, but have also raised concerns about community safety and lack of security staff on their estate. Could you clarify whether the services listed above, funded by the FEC, are meant to extend...

• Reference: 2023/1252
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Brent Council’s planned infill housing development on the Kilburn Square estate has been allocated grant from the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, but on 7 March it informed residents that work will not start on site by 31 March 2023, and that it will now review all the options to provide a more viable and desirable scheme. Does this mean you will withdraw the grant funding, or will you be able to extend it or transfer the funding to the Affordable Homes Programme 2021-26?

• Reference: 2023/1254
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Thank you for your answer to my question 2022/1007. Have you assessed the total impact of your policy for awarding exceptions for these demolitions in terms of embodied carbon?

• Reference: 2023/1217
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

With regard to your answer to my question 2022/1870, could you now be more transparent about the exemptions you allow for the demolition of homes deemed ‘obsolete’?

• Reference: 2023/1253
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 March 2023

Could you tell us the final outturn as of 31 March 2023 for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, broken down by tenure, money allocated and total number of homes for each of: a) new build, b) demolition then rebuild, and c) acquisitions?

• Reference: 2023/0653
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

In your answer to question 2022/2110, you said: “My forthcoming update to affordable housing London Plan Guidance (LPG) will cover a range of matters, including key worker priority access to intermediate affordable housing through the planning system. We expect to publish updated guidance for public consultation later in 2022 (as noted in Mayor’s question 2022/0517).” As it is now 2023, could you tell me when you expect to publish this planned LPG?

• Reference: 2023/0654
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

In your answer to question 2022/1504, you said: “My key worker list is intended to help local authorities give key workers priority access to intermediate housing – and to do that in a way that’s consistent and transparent. Local authorities might use my list by incorporating it into any intermediate housing allocations policy. As the GLA isn’t a statutory consultee for the former, I won’t necessarily be aware of councils using the list in this way.” Since then, what action have you taken to ascertain which councils have adopted and approved more key worker housing, and, could you tell me...

• Reference: 2023/0655
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

While prioritising key workers for intermediate housing in London is a welcome development, the London Tenants Federation (LTF) says: “The Mayor knows very well that large numbers of the key workers who have been most at risk during the pandemic are the front-line working-class workers who, by and large, are not able to afford, nor are eligible for, intermediate housing. These include: construction and transport workers, security guards, caretakers, carers, cleaners, shop-workers and nurses, many of whom are in insecure employment.” What analysis have you done on the affordability of intermediate housing to key workers on lower wages?

• Reference: 2023/0656
• Question by: Siân Berry
• Meeting date: 23 February 2023

Could you update me on the programme of consultations on London Plan Guidance (LPG) as the 2021 programme is now complete?